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Among the recent public letters was one from dozens of Orthodox rabbis demanding “moral clarity” to what they called a ...
The official announcement from Nazi-occupied Norway also reported that not more than 200 Jews remained in the country. There were about 1,400 Jews in Norway prior to the Nazi occupation.
The city’s most famous site is the Nidaros Cathedral, completed in 1300 at the burial place of King Olav II, who is credited with bringing Christianity to Norway. The unlikely story of Jewish ...
Panic prevails among the Jews in Denmark and Norway as a result of intensified anti-Jewish measures taken by the Nazi authorities, under the pretext of extending the “safety regulations” in ...
There are something like ten times the number of Jews in French Hill as in all of Norway. The Nazis managed to round up close to 800, with the assistance of the Norwegian police, and almost all of ...
Norway, like practically every country in Europe, has a spotty history when it comes to the Jews. Jews were first allowed into Norway after the Inquisition, but were banned from 1687 to 1851.
First, there are very few Jews in Norway, between 1,000 to 2,000, so we have neither the resources nor the numbers to influence in any way. Second, debate and free speech are central values in a ...
For decades after World War II, far-right political movements in Europe stirred up for Jews images of skinheads and Nazi storm troopers marching across the continent.
Anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment has exploded in Norway - driven by the Norwegian media and intellectual elite - due to Operation Cast Lead, according to Norwegian Jewish leaders.
Young Muslims embraced a Jewish synagogue in Oslo in a “ring of peace” Saturday, protesting anti-Semitism and denouncing violence after attacks targeting Jews in Denmark and France.